August 28, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 23 Wyckoff Wanderings Library to close for holiday The Wyckoff Public Library, located at 200 Woodland Avenue, will be closed Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 and 2 for Labor Day. The library will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Township issues pickup reminders The Township of Wyckoff reminds residents that gar- bage collection will return to the once-a-week pickup schedule beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3. Districts that would be due for garbage collection on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, will have garbage picked up on Tuesday, Sept. 3. There will be a special recycling pickup for Districts 2 and 6 and 3 and 7 on Wednesday, Sept. 4. All other pickup schedules will remain the same. Wyckoff Town Hall and the recycling and conservation center will be closed on Sept. 2 in observance of Labor Day. Town hall and the recycling center will reopen Tues- day, Sept. 3 at 9 a.m. The Recycling and Conservation Center on West Main Street will returns to winter hours beginning Saturday, Sept. 7. The center will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Celebrate Erev Rosh Hashanah Temple Beth Rishon, located at 585 Russell Avenue in Wyckoff, invites the community to celebrate Erev Rosh Hashanah on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. Friends and family are invited to enjoy the holiday meal after this short service. For more information, call the temple office at (201) 891-4466 or visit www.bethrishon.org. Bible Study group welcomes members Registration is now open for the 2013-14 North Jersey Evening Community Bible Study, which will begin Sept. 10. New members are invited to attend an Introductory Coffee on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Cornerstone Christian Church, 495 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff. This 30-week study is open to men and women from all back- grounds and will meet on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The CBS aims to make all participants feel comfortable, regardless of background, education, church involvement, ethnicity, or economic status. This year, the group will be studying the books of James, Proverbs, Philippians, and Ephesians. The four-part CBS format includes commentary, home study questions, men’s and women’s core group discussions of the home study questions, and a weekly lecture by the teaching director. This format offers an excellent opportunity for beginners to study the Bible. There is a $25 registration fee. A $2 weekly donation is requested to offset the cost of the study materials. Scholar- ships are available for those with financial need. To regis- ter, contact Beth Turconi-Adams at turconi@optonline.net or (201) 615-4185. Wyckoff Y sets Golf Outing The Wyckoff Family YMCA will present its Annual Roger E. Clarke Fall Classic Golf Outing on Thursday, Oct. 3 at the Hackensack Golf Club. This year’s honorary chair is Vince Forlenza, chairman, chief executive officer, and President of BD, a global medical technology company headquartered in Franklin Lakes. The outing will feature a lunch buffet followed by 18 holes of golf on the prestigious Hackensack course, along with a post-game cocktail awards reception, auctions, and awards. This is a key benefit for the Wyckoff Y’s special needs programs. The Y provides comprehensive and far-reaching oppor- tunities for specially challenged children and their families with programs such as Billy’s Buddies, for children with Down syndrome and their families; Shining Star Express for a variety of special needs; “21+” for young adults with special needs; and its Personal Partners fitness program. The Y also serves as home to the Quest Autism Founda- tion, a non-profit organization providing occupational and social skills programs for young adults with autism. Registration is $295 per golfer, or $1,300 per foursome (includes tee/hole billing). Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Contact Nancy Addis at (201) 891-2081 to register and for sponsorship information. Russell Farms (continued from page 3) The land was found to be contaminated by fertilizer from its agricultural days. Once the developer had met local and Department of Environmental Protection stan- dards, Wyckoff bought the land with a combination of state, county, and local funds. Plans call for a passive park with landscaped and natural trees for strolling and recre- ation. Wyckoff Community Park, which is much larger and already developed, was deemed to be substantially func- tional and less in need of the money. The township committee also voted separately to spend $17,500 from the Bergen County Open Space Park Improvement and Development Grant and $17,500 in local matching funds to replace baseball backstops at the fields at the Sicomac and Eisenhower schools. The town- ship committee deleted the alternative or tandem use of the money for a small-sized artificial turf soccer practice field at Memorial Field. “It’s one or the other,” said Mayor Rudy Boonstra. “We’re opting for the backstops.” In other business, the members of the township com- mittee informally agreed to consider the future of a small vacant lot on Morse Avenue and Clinton Avenue with a split-rail fence. The lot is owned by the municipality and is sometimes used as backup parking for the Wyckoff Board of Education office. The lot is badly paved and said to be too small to permit the construction of a house and garage without major variances, but the members of the township committee agreed that some way of producing revenue should be considered. “This is a lot that is under-utilized and we’re always seeking ways of generating revenue in town,” Rooney said. The lot is located in the Wyckoff Business Triangle, where triangle regulations stipulate that developers who wish to turn former private homes into offices dedicate attached land to on-site parking. The committee vote approved a study rather than a stated purpose for the lot.